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What is a shark?
https://australian.museum/publications/sharks/what-is-a-shark/Sharks are fish that have skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone, making them lighter and more buoyant in water. Over millions of years, they have developed extraordinary senses to help navigate and detect prey.
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Deepsea Discoveries
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/ichthyology-collection-deepsea-discoveries/One of the strengths of the Australian Museum's Ichthyology collection is its deepsea fishes.
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Shrimps from Uluru
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/crustaceans/shrimps-from-uluru/Crustaceans are among the most abundant, diverse and commonly found creatures in the sea, and are regularly encountered in freshwater ecosystems as well as on land.
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Estuaries: mixing places
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/estuaries-mixing-places/First Nations people recognise Estuaries as mixing places of abundant foods, resources for making tools and important gathering places.
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Microalgae
https://australian.museum/learn/climate-change/climate-solutions/microalgae/Tiny algae are giving us new plastics, fuels, and impressive amounts of carbon capture. Delve into the many uses of this incredible resource and find out how it is being used in bioreactors that can capture as much carbon as a hectare of forest.
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Geothermal heating and cooling
https://australian.museum/learn/climate-change/climate-solutions/clever-homes/geothermal-heating-and-cooling/Geothermal energy takes advantage of the steady temperature under the Earth's surface and can be harnessed to heat and cool your home.
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How do minerals form?
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/what-are-minerals/how-do-minerals-form/Minerals form in a variety of different ways. Minerals start as atoms moving randomly in a fluid.
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Sea squirts and sea tulips
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/sea-squirts/Discover sea squirts and sea tulips - with over 80 species in Sydney alone. The Australian Museum's Marine Invertebrate collection houses more than 1600 urochordates (predominantly ascidian) lots, mainly from Australia and Antarctica.
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Wave Rock
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/wave-rock/Wave Rock is in the wheat belt region of Western Australia, 350 km south-east of Perth.
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Coastal sea habitat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/wildlife-sydney/coastal-sea-habitat/Sydney's coastal seas extend from the lowest tide mark on the shore to about 40 km out to sea.
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